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  • In vivo physiology of kidney development detected with genetically encoded biosensors

    Virtual

    Speaker: Iain Drummond,  Ph.D. Professor and Director, Davis Center for Aging and Regeneration. MDI Biological Laboratory. 91¸£Àû the speaker:  Dr. Drummond studies kidney organogenesis, genetic disease, and regeneration using the zebrafish as a model system. His lab  uses in vivo imaging and targeted gene mutations to identify new human disease genes,  reveal kidney morphogenetic processes, and […]

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  • LOTR-1: The Fellowship of LOTUS and Tudor Domains in C. elegans Germ Granules

    Virtual

    91¸£Àû the speaker: Dustin Updike, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 91¸£Àû the seminar: In an animal, the same DNA will be found in both its somatic and germ cells; yet, only germ cells can produce the next generation. What then distinguishes a somatic cell's terminal fate from the totipotent and […]

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  • Skin In-Growth to 3D Printed Metals

    Virtual

    Speaker: Ian D. Dickey, MD, FRCSC Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Dept. of Orthopaedics Dr. Dickey is an Orthopaedic Oncologist.  He did his undergraduate and medical school at the University of British Columbia, and then completed his internship and residency in Orthopaedics at McGill University, followed by a fellowship with two years of Adult Reconstruction and Musculoskeletal […]

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  • Pathways to commercialization of medical products or devices

    Virtual

    Speaker:  Michael Mason, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine. 91¸£Àû the Speaker:  Dr. Mason is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and the Associate Director of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering. Dr. Mason’s research focuses on understanding and utilizing physical properties that are […]

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  • Bioethics in Fertility Treatment: A discussion of cryopreservation tank use and regulation

    Virtual

    Speaker: Rebecca Feinberg, JD, MBe, MS, Teaching Associate Professor, DePaul University 91¸£Àû the speaker: Professor Feinberg is a cross-appointed faculty member at DePaul University, teaching in both the College of Science and Health and the Law School.  In addition, she is currently serving as a fellow at Harvard Medical School's Center for Bioethics.  Professor Feinberg […]

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  • A new dawn for chronic kidney disease – SGLT-2 inhibition as a novel strategy

    Virtual

    Speaker: Hermann Haller, M.D., President, MDI Biological Laboratory 91¸£Àû the Speaker:  Hermann Haller, M.D. an international leader in kidney disease, hypertension and kidney and blood vessel regeneration, was appointed president of the MDI Biological Laboratory on July 26, 2018. Haller has been associated with the MDI Biological Laboratory for over two decades, and has served […]

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  • Veterinary Forensic Pathology and One Health

    Virtual

    Speaker: Nanny Wenzlow, DVM, PhD, MRCVS 91¸£Àû the Speaker: Dr. Nanny Wenzlow, is a trained anatomic pathology veterinarian with a DVM degree from Belgium and residency training from Switzerland and the UK. After a few months of private diagnostic pathology service in the UK, Dr. Wenzlow joined the University of Florida initially as clinical instructor for anatomic […]

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  • Identifying tissue-specific nutrient-sensing effects on growth, health, and longevity in C. elegans

    Stodder 57 Stodder Hall, Orono, ME, United States

    Speaker: Aric Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MDIBL 91¸£Àû the Speaker:  Dr. Aric Rogers is Assistant Professor of Regenerative Biology and Medicine at MDI Biological Laboratory. He received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2005, he began postdoctoral research at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging under the […]

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  • Community Engagement to Enhance Research in Maine

    Virtual

    Speaker: Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD MPP, Vice President for Research, MaineHealth, Director, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Interim Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation 91¸£Àû the Speaker:  Liz Jacobs is Vice President for Research at Maine Medical Center Research Institute and Interim Director of the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation . Prior to […]

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  • Limb vs Tail – Two modes of tissue regeneration in axolotl

    Virtual

    Speaker: Prayag Murawala, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, MDIBL 91¸£Àû the Speaker: Dr. Murawala studied across India – Bharuch, Anand, Vadodara, Mumbai, Bangalore – before settling for his graduate studies in the lab of Dr. Jomon Joseph at the NCCS in Pune (2005-2010). He then moved to Europe in Dr. Elly Tanaka’s lab at the MPI-CBG Research institute […]

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